Felix Baumgartner's previous adventures

October 9, 2012

AFP/Getty Images

5of23

Felix Baumgartner walks to an airplane to attempt the first unpowered crossing of the English Channel on July 31, 2003 -- 94 years after Luis Bleriot first crossed the Channel with an airplane. The plane carried him to about 33,000 feet, and then he jumped.

AFP/Getty Images

5of23

Felix Baumgartner walks to an airplane to attempt the first unpowered crossing of the English Channel on July 31, 2003 -- 94 years after Luis Bleriot first crossed the Channel with an airplane. The plane carried him to about 33,000 feet, and then he jumped.